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Encyclopedia > Zandvoort
Zandvoort
Location of Zandvoort
Coordinates: 52°22′N 4°32′E / 52.37, 4.53
Country Netherlands
Province North Holland
Area (2006)
 - Municipality 44.34 km²  (17.1 sq mi)
 - Land 32.04 km² (12.4 sq mi)
 - Water 12.30 km² (4.7 sq mi)
Population (1 January 2007)
 - Municipality 16,605
 - Density 518/km² (1,341.6/sq mi)
  Source: CBS, Statline.
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Website: www.zandvoort.nl

Image:Ltspkr.pngZandvoort is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Capital Haarlem Queens Commissioner Mr. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Population density by country, 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Statistics Netherlands is a Dutch governmental institution that gathers statistical information about the Netherlands. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... Time zones of Europe: Pale colours indicate countries without daylight saving Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... The purpose of this page is to lay out our policies for handling sounds, and give people some useful information for handling sound files. ... Capital Haarlem Queens Commissioner Mr. ...


Zandvoort is one of the major beach resorts of the Netherlands; it has a long sandy beach. It is also the site of the country's most important automobile racing circuit, Circuit Zandvoort. Ninety Mile Beach Australia. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Circuit Zandvoort is a motor racing circuit located near the town of Zandvoort, in the Netherlands, near the North Sea coast line. ...


There is a nudist beach: from the center 2 km to the south, ca. 6 cafés/restaurants; it extends several kilometers further south. Male Nudist in the 1970s The meanings of nudism and naturism are very similar, and refer to a cultural and political movement practising, advocating and defending social nudity in private and public spaces. ...

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Population centres

The municipality of Zandvoort consists of the following cities, towns, villages and/or districts: Bentveld, Zandvoort. Bentveld () is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. ...


Transportation

Railway station: Zandvoort (the closest Dutch train station to the beach). Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ...

Railway Zandvoort aan Zee to Haarlem (line 12), with stations (municipalities in bold), and official station abbreviations:

// Train routes by timetable number Train routes in the Netherlands are identified by numbers. ... Bloemendaal (population: 16,922 in 2004) is a town in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. ... Station Haarlem is the main trainstation of Haarlem, the Netherlands. ...

Local government

On the beach at Zandvoort aan Zee
On the beach at Zandvoort aan Zee

The municipal council of Zandvoort consists of 17 seats, which are divided as follows: Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 1. ...

The Volkspartij voor Vrijheid en Democratie (VVD), literally Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy, is a free market liberal party in the Netherlands. ... For the Belgian political party of the same name, see Partij van de Arbeid (Belgium). ... The Christen-Democratisch Appèl (CDA, Christian Democratic Appeal) is a political party of the Netherlands that was established in 1980. ... The Socialist Party (Dutch: Socialistische Partij) is a socialist party in the Netherlands. ... This article is about the Dutch political party. ...

Born in Zandvoort

Pieter Piet Keur (born December 20, 1960 in Zandvoort, Noord-Holland) is a retired football striker from the Netherlands, who was a prolific goalscorer in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... Jan Lammers, (born June 2, 1956) in Zandvoort, is a former Formula One driver from the Netherlands. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Famous Visitors / Residents of Zandvoort

  • William Merritt Chase 1884-1885. American Impressionist Painter (1849-1916) Painted one of his masterpieces here entitled "Sunlight and Shadow" which hangs in the Joselyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. [1]
  • On 7th August 2007, a 2.5m (8ft) tall Lego man was found in the sea at Zandvoort. It was fished out and placed on the beach. It is wearing a blue shirt with the slogan "No Real Than You Are" and red trousers.[1]

William Merritt Chase (November 1, 1849 - October 25, 1916) was an American painter known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. ... Lego Group logo. ...

References

  • Statistics are taken from the SDU Staatscourant
  1. ^ Giant Lego Man Found in Dutch Sea. Reuters UK. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.

Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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